The Need for Flexibility and Innovation in the Storage Industry
Wednesday, 05 October 2022
The strong expansion of variable renewables, which are projected to make up more than half of global capacity additions to 2040 in the IEA’s New Policies Scenario (NPS), has major implications for electricity, first among them is the need for increased flexibility in the storage industry. Globally, electricity demand is projected to grow by over
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Chart: What will a net-zero grid energy mix actually look like?
Wednesday, 04 May 2022
Massive amounts of new wind and solar will be a make-or-break ingredient of a net-zero grid. Solar power generated less than 4 percent of the world’s electricity in 2021; by 2050, solar’s share needs to jump to 33 percent. Wind power produced less than 7 percent of electricity globally last year; by 2050, that needs to grow to 35 percent. So said the International Energy Agency last year when it laid
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The UK price spike reveals the need to accelerate the energy transition
Thursday, 23 September 2021
A few months before the electricity and gas UK price spike – a joint publication by the UK government and Ofgem was published. The energy regulators set out a work program to deliver an intelligent and highly flexible energy system that will sustain the country’s energy security and the transition to net-zero. The plan aims to reduce
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The grid connection potential between Italy and Tunisia
Thursday, 09 September 2021
On 27 July, the Italian TSO Terna presented to the citizens of Castelvetrano, Campobello di Mazara and Partanna (Sicily) the results of public consultation on the planned strategic electric connection between Italy and Tunisia, an underground cable connecting the European and African electricity systems. The cable will be underground and undersea between Italy and Tunisia
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